#38BB9C#38BB9C

#38BB9C is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.121 H 173.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BB9C
RGB	rgb(56, 187, 156)
HSL	hsl(166, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(166, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 0%, 16.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.59, -42.56, 5.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.59, 42.92, 172.58°)
OKLab	oklab(71.4% -0.1202 0.014)
OKLCH	oklch(71.4% 0.121 173.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.3989, 38.7788, 37.5925)
Luminance	0.3878 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BB9C #BB3857

analogous

#38BB5B #38BB9C #3898BB

triadic

#38BB9C #9C38BB #BB9C38

tetradic

#38BB9C #5B38BB #BB3857 #98BB38

square

#38BB9C #5B38BB #BB3857 #98BB38

split-complementary

#38BB9C #BB3898 #BB5B38

monochromatic

#1C5D4D #2A8C75 #38BB9C #61D0B5 #90DECB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#38BB9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#38BB9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BB9C

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BB9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BB9C	1.00	2.40	8.76	8.76
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5AF9B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A29E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bb9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 187, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.121 173.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80d0b9',
    500: '#38bb9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bb9c;
$custom-light: #80d0b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bb9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.802,
    "s": 53.909,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71401,
    "c": 0.12103,
    "h": 173.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BB9C

secondary

#C88696

accent

#4B6DDD

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BB9C

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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